Logistics Manager Trainee: Lead Ops & Growth

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. in Cincinnati seeks a Manager Trainee to begin learning the management of a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends.

You will ensure safe, timely freight movement, load assignment, and strong customer service while training for DOT compliance. Responsibilities include coordinating with drivers and carriers, supporting payroll and budgeting, and developing reporting for client locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Willing to travel to account, customer, and company events as needed.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and weekends.
• Willingness to regional relocate based on account assignment.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability
• Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market
• Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports
• Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (like mud flaps), completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required)
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call
• Learn to maintain the Company’s safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road

Education

Bachelors: Business Administration/Management

Bachelors: Supply Chain Management

Bachelors: Transportation Logistics

GED (Required)

High School (Required)

Job description

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. in Cincinnati seeks a Manager Trainee to begin learning the management of a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends.

You will ensure safe, timely freight movement, load assignment, and strong customer service while training for DOT compliance. Responsibilities include coordinating with drivers and carriers, supporting payroll and budgeting, and developing reporting for client locations.